yesterday i played on playsite.com for the first time .. i wanted to play backgammon with the cube :)

it was a 3 points match

i lost the first game, i lost the second game

then the game told me in the third game we couldnt use the doubling cube (which i understand as i would always have offered a double as it would make no difference to me if i would lose with 1 or 2 points, but it would make a difference if i would win)

i won that game (yay! :))

so it was then 2-1 for my opponent

in the next game .. the doubling cube was allowed though .. which was a bit weird to me ..

so i offered to double about halfway the game .. which he declined, so i won that game as well and ended up at 2-2

are you allowed to double when the score is 2-1 ??
it only had an advantage for me .. the game would already win the match for my opponent .. but if doubled it would also win the match for me ..
the doubling only had an advantage for me in this case

i lost the last game (which he started with 4 doubles in a row .. growl! ;))

but it made me wonder about the cube